Rapidly Growing for Power & Electric Industry in Cambodia

​In Cambodia, electricity demands have been forecast to grow at 17.9 percent annually from 2012 to 2020.Cambodia has made giant strides in recent years in producing more electricity domestically and expanding the grid. During the 15 years to December 2018, the capacity of power sources increased by 12.5 times, from 208 MW in 2004 to 2,650 MW in 2018. The energy delivered increased 11.4 times, from 814 Gwh in 2004 to 9,307 Gwh in 2018. A World Bank report of early 2018 found that 97.6% of Cambodian households have access to at least one source of electricity – 71.5% on the grid, and 26.1% off the grid, mostly solar home systems and rechargeable batteries.​​

Electricity supply by source
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The sources of electricity generated in
Cambodia have changed remarkably in recent years:

· Diesel and heavy fuel oil produced 89.2% of the electricity in 2011, but just 8.7% by 2016 and then 1.9% in 2018.

· Hydro dams produced just 5% on the electricity in 2011, but 48.5% by 2018.

· Coal produced just 4.5% of the electricity in 2011, but 34.5% by 2018.

Third coal power plant in Sihanoukville to start construction next year
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The Cambodian government has given the green light to the
construction plans for a two-unit coal-fired power plant in
Sihanoukville Province worth more than US$1 billion, according to H.E. Victor Jona, Director General of the General Department of Energy for the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME).

With an estimated investment of up to US$1.2 billion, Cambodia International Investment Development Group will build a coal-fired power plant with two units each with a capacity to generate 350 megawatts of electricity, bringing a total of 700 megawatts.

Currently, there are two coal-fired power plants in Sihanoukville Province, one from CIIDG and
​another one from Malaysian firm Leader Universal Holdings.​​